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Database Entry



Miniduke


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fb4a446c596738e3d6cbc22a399a32ecaf70803c6a1b319dd5d999fddbdafc85
SHA3-384 hash: be2d842982f1db9827b7e128475a900aa5031d5698c13e8a05c77ed734b0f8be222b6679f2b33135e6e6d15c7540d89c
SHA1 hash: ed2d279a92cc6113c2ab68f804947bbc2dcb9385
MD5 hash: 90457d93dcd5d5ec1c8cbfc7f8f0fd85
humanhash: london-mexico-sad-bacon
File name:svchost.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Miniduke
File size:228'062 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:33:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash edf0659abd5188c18e493cb2537cb8d9 (38 x Miniduke)
ssdeep 3072:NhkIMvcul29GG/GJhysUKvl2wwlIWJd2E5Se:NhkIMvculM/uhyMQfIWjZ
Threatray 18 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T187249F2232D0C071E52316B4AF719B72CA7E7C584671C98BABE51E6F2F74AC19239317
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:exe miniduke

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
71
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
2025-11-23_90457d93dcd5d5ec1c8cbfc7f8f0fd85_amadey_cosmicduke_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-11-23 09:50:56 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
miniduke dropper
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 cmd crypto evasive explorer fingerprint keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Backdoor.Win32.CosmicDuke
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.MiniDuke
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-22 01:23:29 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
29 of 36 (80.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
apt Win.Trojan.Zusy-9876296-0
YARA:
detect_apt_APT29
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
fb4a446c596738e3d6cbc22a399a32ecaf70803c6a1b319dd5d999fddbdafc85
MD5 hash:
90457d93dcd5d5ec1c8cbfc7f8f0fd85
SHA1 hash:
ed2d279a92cc6113c2ab68f804947bbc2dcb9385
Detections:
win_cosmicduke_w0 win_cosmicduke_auto
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_apt_APT29
Author:@malgamy12
Description:detect_APT32_malware
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:win_cosmicduke_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cosmicduke.
Rule name:win_cosmicduke_w0
Author:@malgamy12
Description:detect cosmicduke

File information


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